In summer 2017, booksellers released information indicating Molly's books would be re-released as part of the BeForever collection. In November 2017, the official website for American Girl Publishing indicated a new mini doll would be released also. The rereleased books and mini-doll were released February 2018; a preview of the potential BeForever Doll was also released inadvertently on the official site, but soon taken down.

The BeForever Doll was confirmed when the doll was released Fall 2018 through Costco distribution. The BeForever doll is currently exclusive to Costco, it is not available at American Girl stores or through their website.

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Personality and Facts

Molly comes from a Scottish-American family. She comes up with various plans to draw attention to herself through the series; several times these plans and ideas are either wholly unrealistic or fall through.

To Molly, World War II is mostly a distant inconvenience in her daily life; it is only when she is introduced to Emily Bennett that she sees that the war is truly affecting other people.

She is not very good at math (especially multiplication), dislikes turnips, and is afraid to swim underwater. She struggles with her looks later in the series, as she wants to look different, with curls. She often believes her hair to be like "straight sticks" compared to her teacher Miss Campbell. She becomes set on becoming a "New Molly." Molly and her friends greatly admire their teacher, Miss Campbell, and like thinking about her love life.

Molly is a great tap dancer. In the book, she was the best dancer in her class, even better than Alison. In the movie, she struggles and copies Alison and later becomes the best in her class. She also enjoys camp songs.

Molly misses her father very much. Even though she loves her parents, she often finds it hard to get along with her siblings, often getting into disagreements. Molly also finds it hard to get along with Alison, and even Emily Bennett at one point in the story because of their differences. She can be mean, especially to Alison, and finds it hard to be nice to her. She always wants to be original, and is obsessed with glamour, especially from England. Molly finds it especially hard to be a follower, as was evident in Molly Saves the Day when she envied Dorinda for being the team captain.

Molly is a big schemer, often the ring leader when she and her friends make plans. Molly's mom calls her a "chatterbox," in comparison to Emily. She is prone to daydreaming and fanciful ideas.

American Girl characterizes her as "lively" and "lovable." On the original personality quiz, she is described as "feisty."
Americangirlpublishing.com also characterizes her as "patriotic".
American Girl e-cards describes her as "fun" and "cheerful."

With the release of Nanea Mitchell, she is the only character to explicitly share an era with another character outside of Marie-Grace Gardner and Cécile Rey who were released simultaneously. However, Nanea's series take place chronologically before Molly's as Molly's books take place two years after the US had officially entered World War II while Nanea's cover the event that led to the US's formal entry into the war.

Molly's BeForever items were initially only available at Costco stores in Fall 2018, and are still exclusive to Costco to this day.